That team (more business-side oriented) works hand-in-hand with our Channel Product managers (more editorially focused) to develop and implement audience growth strategies.

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On the audio side, it touts 5.1-channel surround via analog outs for SACD, while DVD-Audio can take advantage of HDMI's single cable simplicity.

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It is a structural British problem, too: only on our side of the English Channel can you be a tree-hugging centrist and Eurosceptic.

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Not to be outdone by his French counterpart, on the other side of the English Channel, Henry VIII (1509-47) was a skilled practitioner of the sport and famously built a court at the Royal Palace of Hampton Court, which still survives today and is used for modern competition.

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For three weeks each year, cycling enthusiasts live a nocturnal existence - tuning into the coverage of the tour on the channel SBS either side of the midnight hour to cheer on the best cyclist that Australia has produced.

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Mr Klesch has, for example, become a thorn in the side of Eurotunnel, which operates the Channel tunnel between Britain and France, making doom-laden pronouncements about the company's prospects and criticising the financial restructuring agreed on by its 200-plus banks.

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On a windy point called Arnavutkoy, on the European side of the Bosphorus, clusters of weather-beaten fishermen hurled their fishing lines deep into the channel.

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Even if you've seen "Citizen Kane" 50 times, when you come across it while channel-surfing, you might be hard-pressed to name the scenes on either side of the one you've stumbled on.

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